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| THE BETRAYAL William R. Corson New York: W. W. Norton and Company, January 1968 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-393-? | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-393-? | 317pp. | HC | $5.95 | |
| Page 27: | "...the United States in fact did nothing of any consequence to prevent the French from repossessing Indo china." |
| Extra space: S/B "Indochina". |
| Page 29: | "...even though there had been 'indicators of progress' under the Navarre plan to end the Indochinese war victoriously..." |
| An obscure reference, as is "the 'toothpaste' percentages" farther down the page. |
| Page 55: | "The time schedule to build the 'rings of steel' had the preciseness of a Swiss watch..." |
| Usage: S/B "precision". |
| Page 85: | "As mentioned, their time and effort is largely spent in making sure..." |
| Number: S/B "are". |
| Page 89: | "The shaman of the Kachins teach their children..." |
| Number: S/B "shamen". |
| Page 93: | "Three examples will illustrate the high-, middle- and, low-level nature of the police problem." |
| Misplaced comma: S/B "middle-, and". |
| Page 98: | "...the Chief of Staff of the ARVN, General Cao van Vien [***] has said Chinh that heads a division that is not only the worst ARVN division..." |
| Words transposed: S/B "that Chinh heads". |
| Page 98: | "Although each of the some 100,000 operations [***] were characterized by such conventional military terms as ambush..." |
| Number: S/B "was characterized by". |
| Page 103: | "It is not possible to convince the people that the GVN is really on his side when his own family is subject to more danger..." |
| Number: S/B "their side" and "their own". |
| Page 116: | "...corruption investigations were underway..." |
| Missing space: S/B "under way". |
| Page 116: | "The forty-three provinces of South Vietnam are a keystone..." |
| Count error: S/B "forty-four provinces", as written on page 84 and implied on page 117. |
| Page 119: | "Reprisals, assassinations, and liquidations will bring what no amount of 'good works' have been able to achieve: obedience." |
| Number error: S/B "has been able". |
| Page 127: | "There are a host of private agencies in the United States..." |
| Number error: S/B "is". |
| Page 128: | "The New York Times quoting Dean Rusk: 'I believe that you would agree that the above is an excouraging statement of intent...,' Mr. Rusk said." |
| Spelling error: S/B "encouraging". |
| Page 137: | "Incorporting the large number of anti-Diem organizations,..." |
| Spelling error: S/B "Incorporating". |
| Page 154: | Epigram attribution: "–Eric Hofer, The True Believer" |
| Spelling error: S/B "Hoffer". |
| Page 158: | "...it is essential to place pacification in the proper historical, theoretical, an conceptual framework." |
| Spelling error: S/B "and". |
| Page 166: | "Each of the steps along the road were indicated as 1,000-piastre increments." |
| Number error: S/B "was". (Also: "piaster" or "piastre"? See e.g. page 222.) |
| Page 171: | "For example, our pig 'expert' was not a Ph.D. in tropical agriculture ..." |
| Relevance: I don't think this is the term Corson wanted. |
| Page 172: | "This does not mean that Marines can act like Peace Corps men." |
| Surely there were women in the Peace Corps at this time? |
| Page 172: | "Finally, our pacification efforts in Phong Bac were feasible because we were prepared to actively counter anyone who attempted to corrupt it." |
| Number error: S/B "them". |
| Page 177: | "By August 1965 civic action was well underway in the Marine TAORs..." |
| Missing comma, missing space: S/B "1965," and "under way". |
| Page 185: | "This not only denies the Vietcong of supplies..." |
| Word choice: S/B "deprives". |
| Page 209: | "For example, each of the four regional USAID fertilizer expediters receive a larger salary than any Foreign Service officer in Vietnam with the exception of the ambassador, and they are paid more than any military officer except generals Westmoreland and Abrams (four stars)." |
| Number error: S/B "receives". |
| Page 210: | "This latest, and perhaps final re-organization for pacification gives General Westmoreland responsibility for the Other War as well as for the main force war." |
| Missing comma: S/B "latest, and perhaps final, re-organization". |
| Page 212: | "Each of the U.S. military Corps commanders were required to integrate the former OCO staffs, now designated CORDS, into his military organization as a separate staff." |
| Number error: S/B "was". |
| Pages 214-15: | "He denied the CORDS personnel the opportunity to go directly to the people or to look outside of channels the few capable 'Diogenes' in the GVN." |
| Missing word: S/B "look outside of channels for the". |
| Page 217: | "In a narrow sense it is the successor to a series of hamlet-pacification programs, each of which had it accomplishments and lessons..." |
| Missing letter: S/B "had its accomplishments". |
| Page 222: | "...at current Saigon market prices it is equal to 818 million piasters, or at the official exchange rate $10 million." |
| Spelling inconsistency: Compare page 166. |
| Page 227: | Footnote 2: "Ironically, the 'Ugly American' of the title is the hero of the Eugene Burdick-William Lederer book." |
| I think this is misplaced irony. Also, there is no footnote 1 on this page. |
| Page 234: | "...some self-help is underway." |
| Missing space: S/B "under way". |
| Page 234: | "Economic development is underway, as the people have given their consent..." |
| Missing space: S/B "under way". |
| Page 234: | "...and the various economic-development projects are well underway." |
| Missing space: S/B "under way". |
| Page 239: | "It is an 'anti-Mayo clinic' effort by the Administration to 'spare' the American people bad news." |
| Obscure: Not everyone remembers when the Mayo Clinic pioneered the "straight talk" approach of disclosing unpleasant diagnoses to patients. |
| Page 245: | "Almost everyone who has held a position of responsibility in Vietnam has been able to engage in 'birdwatching' as the deluge of visitors have tried to turn the war into a spectator sport." |
| Number error: S/B "has tried". |
| Page 245: | "From a detached point of view, the repetitive pilgrimages of visitors to Vietnam takes on the appearance of a mob of Romans on their way to the Colosseum to watch one of Nero's circuses." |
| Number error: S/B "take on". |
| Page 245: | "The 'birds' arrive at Tan Shon Nhut airport located on the outskirts of Saigon..." |
| Spelling error: S/B "Tan Son Nhut".1 |
| Page 250: | "Third, there is the 'Doctor Strangelove' syndrome, which is a mystical belief in depending on the impartiality and preciseness of science to make the basic life-and-death decisions..." |
| Usage: Again, S/B "precision". And I would remove the words "depending on". |
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